Example sentences of "[noun] from overseas " in BNC.

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1 Remittances from overseas should be made in the form of an INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDER .
2 Remittances from overseas : Payment should be in the form of an INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDER .
3 This reveals that these companies accounted for about 40 per cent of manufacturing industry 's net assets , employment , and inward direct investment from overseas ( excluding oil company investment ) , 40–50 per cent of visible exports , 70 per cent of expenditure on industrial scientific research and development , and about 75 per cent of direct investment by UK companies ( excluding oil ) in manufacturing overseas .
4 However , candidates from overseas are not normally allowed to enrol for part-time study .
5 This course is largely taken by candidates from overseas and there has been a worryingly high failure rate .
6 Those earnings include revenue from export and cross-trading for both wet and dry cargo shipping , time charter income and passenger revenue from overseas plus disbursements from foreign-owned ships .
7 There are normally several senior mathematicians visiting the department from overseas .
8 There is the possibility of no reply from overseas .
9 The involvement of parents to the extent which now obtains in the majority of our primary schools comes as something of a shock to teachers visiting English primary schools from overseas .
10 In Robert Robson 's view , Mayfest 's main functions are to provide a platform for major Scottish work , to play host to quality work from overseas and to celebrate community initiatives .
11 There is also a rare chance to watch some of the lesser known British players trying their luck against more famous visitors from overseas , or even challenging their more experienced compatriots .
12 This follows success with its Wealth of Nations mead ( ‘ As sweet and as strong as the free market itself ’ ) which was presented to John Major , Chancellor Norman Lamont and Sir Denis Thatcher , as well as bemused visitors from overseas at the Institute 's privatisation conferences .
13 In 1992 Britain had 18.1m visitors from overseas ( a 9% increase on 1991 ) ; they spent £7.6 billion .
14 Still mindful of the University' image Professor Costall pays attention to entertaining visitors from overseas , particularly from America and Japan where it is very formal , showing them the best that Yorkshire has to offer .
15 Yet for most visitors from overseas , Windisch with its treasure is definitely off the beaten track .
16 It is the most likely place of arrival and departure for most visitors from overseas .
17 At a time when he had so many claims on his time , what with his normal work , committees , visitors from overseas , particularly from the United States , a growing acquaintanceship and a formidable correspondence , the assurance that he was ‘ here again and available ’ was of great moral support to me , especially as I was still uncertain about the future , and as the news , as his letter hinted , was by no means all good .
18 This is a forum in which new entrants to the profession can interact with senior academics , distinguished visitors from overseas , and international economists working in government , finance , and international institutions .
19 Warwick Castle gets about forty percent of visitors from overseas with whom a large proportion are Americans , and er I suggest that the increase in Americans this year will be quite good compared with figures for last year , so we do benefit er I might even mention that in Holland er over half the visitors Exhibition in Amsterdam are not Dutch , many of them are Germans , but there are also Americans and of course other overseas visitors there .
20 Some eighty students attended including several visitors from overseas .
21 After the war , German universities had rebuilt themselves with much help from overseas , particularly the US , but little direction from central government .
22 This is actually a problem which faces any interpretation of the movement of goods to England from overseas .
23 ‘ My own view is there will be no sudden withdrawal from overseas because of the downturn , ’ said Geoffrey Barker , Baring Securities ' economist in Tokyo .
24 During the year , SCDI hosted many such meetings and a few of our guests were The number of visitors to the Scottish Council from overseas continued at a high level .
25 During the year , SCDI hosted many such meetings and a few of our guests were The number of visitors to the Scottish Council from overseas continued at a high level .
26 Because of the importance of a co-ordinated and experienced approach to applications from overseas all such , whatever the fields , are handled by W.T whose workload of home applications is accordingly lower .
27 Students from outside the UK should contact the International Office , which can supply a prospectus for non-graduating students and which deals with all applications from overseas .
28 It may be thought that the highest-scoring universities in this list attract a higher than average proportion of indigenous students with local area research interests , but examination of the names of thesis authors from Strathclyde and Dundee universities , and confirmatory personal communications with the relevant departments , suggest that many of their students are not of local origin , but have come to the universities from overseas .
29 DB32 comes across as a sensible and logical set of recommendations based more on past experience in Britain and common sense , than on research , imagination or emulation of successful ideas from overseas .
30 To get the specimen from overseas to the artist was the normal practice , but sometimes it was possible to take the artist , or to send him , to the animals .
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